nobody keep stheir middle school
friends forever.
you'll fail a math test once in your life.
your teachers will assign you seats away from your friends and
your parents will assign you to your room when you do illegal
things.
you're going to get drunk and say something you'll regret. you're
going to cry over boys who's names you won't remember in 20
years.
you're going to call your friends names behind their back when
they make you mad, and they're going to do the same to you.
you're going to be on your own once in a while. your opinions of
people will change, once you get to know them. you're going to
run from the police.
you're going to hold someone's hair back at 1 in the morning on a
saturday. you're going to find one book in english class that you
actually read.
people are going to make fun of the music you like, and other
people are going to like it just the same.
you're going to cry and maybe, just maybe, need a hug from your
mom. you're going to BS every essay you write and pray that you
sound like you know what you're talking about.
you're going to get lost in a neighborhood you don't know and go
around in circles until you figure out where you're going.
you're going to sing sappy love ballads in your room when no
one's home. you're gonna dream of leaving your town someday, and
miss it when you do.
you're going to take pictures that you're gonna blush at in 5
years.
you're going to get whistled at, cheated on, yelled at, ditched
by your friends, played by boys, laughed at. you're going to fall
in and out of love, and one day you might just find out what that
word means.
you're never going to stop looking for yourself.
you are a teenager.
so stop trying so hard
crying so often,
walk with your head held high,
quit talking sh/t about people
take a walk outside.
go to school and smile at everyone.
and who knows?
you might actually make it through.
